nima incorporates the UK and Ireland chapter of buildingSMART International, and bSUKI has just published a new report intended to help organisations understand the value of the IFC data schema and open data. The report – The Business Value of Adopting openData via Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) [PDF] – highlights the opportunities from the perspective…
The new international standard for sharing health and safety information throughout the lifecycles of built assets has been published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). ISO 19650-6:2025 will help professionals meet Building Safety Act requirements to manage the golden thread of information for higher-risk buildings Titled Organization and digitization of information about buildings and civil engineering…
nima vice chair Emma Hooper recently attended the buildingSMART General Assembly of Implementers meeting at Trimble’s headquarters in Denver, Colorado. The event is focused on the software implementation of buildingSMART standards and services within software. There were discussions around the buildingSMART Data Dictionary (bSDD) and Information Delivery Specification (IDS). There was also discussion around the…
Automated compliance-checking for buildings is being rolled out in several countries, including Dubai and Singapore this year, with Finland and Estonia next. There hasn’t been the same level of adoption for infrastructure, but with the release of IFC 4.3, this could change. The ‘regulatory domain’ of buildingSMART UK & Ireland will be hosting a lunchime…
